Page:The Story of Nell Gwyn.djvu/227

Rh abroad, and men of honour cannot always brook the having little men put over their heads, who, in the judgment of all the world, are not equal to their stations."

After the total overthrow of James's affairs in Ireland, he retired to St. Germain, acquired the confidence of the Duke and Duchess of Berwick (the Duke was King James's son by Arabella Churchill), cultivated his taste for poetry, wrote one or two agreeable novels, translated Pope's Essay on Criticism into French, carried on a correspondence with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, in the name of his niece, the Countess of Stafford; and having sent his Mémoires de Grammont to the press, died at St. Germain, 21st April, 1720, aged about seventy-four.

, the fourth son, was bred to the sea service, became captain of a ship of war, and died in New England. , the fifth son, was a brigadier-general in King James's army in Ireland, and a lieutenant-general in the French service. He led King James's cavalry at the Battle of the Boyne, and died in France. , the sixth and youngest